If you're freaking out over Hamilton, whether it's wanting to bein the show, reading up on its stars, or just wanting to freaking see the damn thing already (or again), here's something you're going to love. The musical's breakout star, Daveed Diggs, and his writing partner, Rafael Casal, have founded a rap for musical theater workshop series called #BARS. In the workshop, Broadway alumni, poets, and rap newbies alike get the opportunity to hone their MC skills. Their first class has created this astounding and gloriously fun video, featuring 12 actors recreating 12 classic movie scenes...in rap.

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Did I mention the video is just one take? Gulp. See if you can identify every scene in the Mixtape Musical Medley below.

We chatted to Casal about the compelling video series and the origins of the workshop. Casal and Diggs appear in the opening shot as—the one exception to the TV/movie rule—none other than Calvin and Hobbes. "Daveed and I picked Calvin and Hobbes as an ode to an old web series we did, and to Bill Watterson, of course," explains seasoned spoken word artist Casal, who's appeared on HBO's Def Poetry.

Not only were some of the performers totally new to rap performance, but the ambitious one-shot video was also a key accomplishment for the team: "We came up with the one-shot concept because the beauty of theater is the 'anything can happen'-ness of it all," Casal says. "We also wanted a live audience in the room to give it the SNL feel, so that the energy of the room would transfer to the digital viewers." It's an approach that gives the serial performances the snap and crackle of a live venue.

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While some might view rap as an intimidating artform, for the performers, the challenge was finding the personal connection, says Casal: "Trying to find your authentic entry point is always the toughest challenge. As with acting or singing, we are looking for our most natural place of sincere connection to the work, and that can mean ditching our best 'insert who we think is good' impression." And the #BARS crew have definitely put their stamp on these cinematic scenes, retaining costuming and plot elements, but showing them in a whole new light.

Virginia Cavaliere, who wrote the Alice in Wonderland scene and plays Alice in the medley, has toured as Nina in Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights. Of her involvement in the workshop, Cavaliere explains, "I was curious about the art of rap and spoken word, a world I was interested in but never really had the platform to pursue. The class brought people from different artistic backgrounds [together]...which created an endless pool of creativity for us to pull from."

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